Letter from Mark C. Elliott, PhD

“ I believe deeply that bringing together the brightest minds from across the world allows us to build a stronger platform for excellence in scholarship and research. ”

Mark C. Elliott, PhD Vice Provost of International Affairs at Harvard University Mark Schwartz Professor of Chinese and Inner Asian History in the Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations and in the Department of History in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

Harvard is a globally engaged university, committed to being a welcoming, international community.

I believe deeply that bringing together the brightest minds from across the world allows us to build a stronger platform for excellence in scholarship and research. As Vice Provost for International Affairs, I oversee international academic initiatives, facilitate international research opportunities, and help build relationships to bring international scholars to Harvard. In this vein, I am immensely grateful to the Ülker family for their support of the Ülker fellowship program, which enables young international scientists to pursue their postdoctoral training in an outstanding Harvard laboratory. I also look forward to working with the family to host Turkish and other international students at the Ülker Symposium to be held in Boston in 2018, and helping to show them all of the resources and opportunities that Harvard University has to offer.

Sincerely,